Example sentences of "[vb -s] had a [adj] [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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1 | The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments . |
2 | Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties |
3 | Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing . |
4 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
5 | Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site . |
6 | The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making . |
7 | But there are now clear allegations that Prince Charles has had a loving friendship with Camilla , a married woman , for many years . |
8 | AT&T has had a similar experience with its Global Business Communications Systems subsidiary , which sells $1 billion of telecommunications gear annually to corporate customers . |
9 | McGee , who began as an apprentice with Middlesbrough but was released after making 30 League appearances , has had a unsuccessful spell with Leicester . |
10 | He has had a solid connection with the orchestra and the Scottish music scene ever since , and has been responsible for bringing some unusual works to the concert platform in the past . |
11 | In the past this Association has had a good relationship with the DLO in Derry . |
12 | The Scottish Churches Christian Aid Committee has been investigating and has had a helpful meeting with a senior representative of the Association of Chief Police Offices ( Scotland ) ( ACPO ) . |
13 | Paul Crossley has had a unique association with Tippett 's music , commissioning the Third Sonata and giving the first performances of No. 3 and 4 . |
14 | It has had a long-standing application with the American Department of Transportation to fly from New York to Stansted . |
15 | Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling . |
16 | ARGOS , the nationwide catalogue-retailing group which has had a volatile relationship with the City in recent months , regained its status as one of the sector stars yesterday with a better-than-expected 1992 performance and a cautiously optimistic view of the future . |
17 | Third , an historical analysis also serves to illustrate how a narrow section of the press — the political or quality press — has had a continuing fascination with , and attraction to , the centres of legitimate political power and those who exercise it ; moreover , the relationship between the triumvirate of politicians , proprietors and editors — namely , those who exercise political power and those who seek to bask in the afterglow of the exercise of that power — was never fixed . |
18 | ‘ Morrissey has had a lengthy conversation with the mother of Lesley Ann Downey , Mrs West , and she understands that the intentions of the song are completely honourable . |
19 | He 's had a lifelong fight with feminists who accuse him of extreme male chauvinism and damaging their dignity . |